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At least four recording artists call themselves Houses:

1) a indie duo from Chicago, Illinois, United States.
2) an alternative pop band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
3) a psychedelic rock and roll revival band from Denver, Colorado, United States.
4) a four piece grind band from Reno, Nevada, United States.

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1. Originally from Chicago, Houses is Dexter Tortoriello and Megan Messina. They formed in 2010 after a 3 month stint in Papaikou, Hawaii, living off the land. With no modern conveniences the couple worked for meals during the day cultivating indigenous micro-organisms and learning the basics of sustainable living. This was the inspiration behind their first album, All Night, put out on Lesfe Records.

In the time since the couple have moved to Los Angeles, signed to Downtown Records (Major Lazer, White Denim, Cold War Kids, Miike Snow, Santigold) and written their sophomore album, A Quiet Darkness (2013). Recorded over the course of 2012 splitting time between their new home and Sonic Ranch, the album’s narrative tells the story of a husband and wife separated in the midst of a nuclear disaster and their attempt to re-unite with one another along the Highway 10 in California before their inevitable deaths, each song taking place in different abandoned houses along the way.
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  • fortyfive_rpm

    Saw them open for Baths last night and they were wonderful. I am very much enjoying A Quiet Darkness. Looking forward to more!

    Yesterday 2:11pm Reply

  • fastlane01

    A Quiet Darkness is pretty impressive.

    30 May 2:54pm Reply

  • boredmx

    'Houses', you bring me paradise. It's like opening a door in my heart to a safe place where no fear resides, and it's only possible because of tracks like "Sleeping", "Soak It Up", etc. <3

    7 May 9:57pm Reply

  • cometg

    Oh my god I can't get over how good you guys sound! Seriously... A Quiet Darkness is heaven to my ears. <3

    6 May 5:59am Reply

  • Menno75

    There are two bands called Houses that I really like: the one from Chicago (A Quiet Darkness; lovely album) and the one from Amsterdam (Clean Life, also a great album). I think many people would actually appreciate both bands (I am not familiar with Houses from Denver and Reno). WHY AM I SAYING THIS? I just found out that the person who wrote the bio for the "Chicago/A Quiet Darkness" Houses deleted all other bands called Houses from the wiki. That's a very disrespectful thing to do. Shame on you. I tried to repair the damage: I (re-added) the Houses from Amsterdam, Denver and Reno. The bios for 'Chicago' and 'Amsterdam' are now accurate and pretty much up-to-date and I think the order is fair. However, I do not know much about 'Denver' and 'Reno'. Please feel free to add information. BUT: fair play, please. Respect to all bands and keep an eye on user 'amsdowntown485': this is a Downtown Records employee who deleted all Houses that are not on their label.

    23 Apr 8:46am Reply

  • the_Crowder

    Dexter's sounding so much like Chris Martin on the new album. Not necessarily a bad thing.

    21 Apr 4:37am Reply

  • Ffatale87

    http://huias.bandcamp.com/

    20 Apr 10:11pm Reply

  • yogibear520

    nice music

    17 Apr 2:20pm Reply

  • SensiSoundz

    I love your music <3 :)

    14 Apr 11:45am Reply

  • ElectroPeter

    the new song "Beginnings" is a relaxing trip of dream pop/shoegaze: http://youtu.be/4JHtv8ZqdnU

    2 Feb 10:01pm Reply

  • LastGoldenBoy

    Roma.

    21 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Dosva

    Chicago.

    22 Sep 2012 Reply

  • albertrose

    i like both "houses". the american duo and the five-people-band from the netherlands.

    21 Jul 2012 Reply

  • leisuresuite

    Endless Spring just came up on recommended radio! PURE LOVE! So glad I found these guys.

    9 Jun 2012 Reply

  • huiva

    listen to http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Joywcs

    7 Jun 2012 Reply

  • JoseMB13

    Chicago Houses of course :)

    24 May 2012 Reply

  • natalielala

    @xmorx: i'm not for Chicago Houses, I'm for the Dutch Houses :) They are good. Try songs like 'Suïcide' and 'Walk Away'.

    16 May 2012 Reply

  • Rev_matt

    in love

    8 May 2012 Reply

  • exprof

    Brussels http://concerts-review.over-blog.com/article-houses-au-beursschouwburg-bruxelles-le-5-mai-2012-104688155.html

    6 May 2012 Reply

  • Nikolaaaas_

    i heard one song and i was in love (chigago) but it's really difficult to find their music ...

    5 May 2012 Reply
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